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IRRT SISTER LIBRARIES COMMITTEE

Statement of Role, Purpose, and Function

Promotes Sister Library relationships with libraries and librarians throughout the world. It develops guidelines and other activities, and helps libraries to connect with each other.

Web Site

Sister Libraries-WIKI

2008 ALA Annual Conference Program

How to Find an International Partner?

Description: The IRRT Sister Libraries Program helps link libraries around the world. Sister Libraries promote the exchange of information, cultural understanding, programs and resources where possible. Speakers from existing Sister Libraries, State Department American Corner Libraries, and Sister Cities discussed how their partnerships were formed and what made them successful. The Sister Libraries Wiki was demonstrated to show how to get a Sister Library for your library. 

Speakers: 
Nancy Bolt, Nancy Bolt & Associates, Overview
Holly Murten, Information Resource Officer, U.S. State Department, American Corners Project, “Finding an International Partner through American Corners”
Jozef Fabrici, American Corner at the State Scientific Public Library in Kosice, Slovakia, “The Reality of an American Corners Partnership”
Karen Jessee, Senior Librarian, Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL, “Finding an International Partner through the Sister Cities Program”
Patrick Sullivan, Business Librarian, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University, “Experiences of a Partner Library”
Meghan O’Connor, Fellow for International Initiatives, Simmons College, Boston, MA, “Finding an International Partner through the Sister Libraries Wiki”

Chairs

Carol Ritzen Kem, Ph.D. (Co-Chair--2008 - 2010)
Emeritus Professor
University of Florida
1809 NW 47th St.
Gainsville, FL 32605

Phone: (352) 378-9491
Fax:(contact prior to sending)  (352) 378-9491
E-mail: flkem@cox.net

Paul L. Hover (Co-Chair --2008-2010)
Assistant Professor
Serials Catalogue Librarian
Nwman Library
Virginia Tech
PO Box 900001
Blackburg, VA 24062-29001

Work: (540) 231-7469
Fax: (540) 231-3694
E-mail: phover@vt.edu

Members

Martin V. Burrows, Jr. (Member--2007 - 2009)

Barbara Conaty (Member--2007 - 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State

Paraskeva Gueorguieva Dimova - Angelov (Member--2006 - 2008)
Brooklyn College Library - CUNY

Pamela Ferrell Ortega (Member--2007 - 2009)
Eastern Illinois University

Mara R. Saule (Member--2006 - 2008)
University of Vermont

Christopher Shaffer (Member--2007 - 2009)
Troy University

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